Improvement in can-openers



`tion of the construction and operation of the 7 lid of the can, with the recess'B in the under iAt the, side of, and parallel With, thehan- UNITED STATES *i ABEL BARKER, OF WYOMING, PENNSYLVANIA.VV

IMPROVEMENT `IN CAN-OPENERS.

Speci/catonfbrmng part of Leiters Patent No. 103,125, dated May 17, 1870.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that LABEL BARKER, of' Wyoming, county of Luzerne, and 'State of Penn.` sylvania, `have invented a new and useful Machine for Opening and Olosingor Sealing Fruit, Oyster, and all other Oans Hermeti: cally Sealed and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescripsalme, reference beingvhad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,

'Figure l is a vertical section. Fig. 2 is a representation ofthe machine as applied to the can in opening; Fig. 3, as applied inclosing or sealing, With the disk withdrawn and the sliding rod pressed upon the cover to hold it until the solder or sealing material hardens.

In constructing this 'machine I make the disk or castingA ot' sufficient thickness to retain the heat, Iand of suitable size to cover the side to give room for the convex lid of the can, and to confine the soldering process to the outer edge ot' the lid or cover.

To this disk I connect the handle C, of sui'- cient length to holdwhen heated dle I connect thesmall rod or Wire D, With a loop or ring connecting it with the handle at the top Iand the bottom, passing through lid, if necessary.

the disk A, so as to allow it to slide up and down. i r

In opening or unsealing a can, the disk A is heated sufiiciently'to melt the solder, and placed over the cover till the solder is melted, when it is taken off, and the cover removed by any sharp pointed instrument. After the can is emptied, the cover may be replaced and-slightly fastened on one side, till the can is wanted for cleaning and refilling, when it may be taken oliC and the can filled. The cover is then to be carefully laid in place on the can, and new solder or material placed around the The rod D is pusheddown through the disk, and placed upon the center of the cover to hold it. The heated disk is th'en to be pushed down in contact with the solder `or sealing Vmaterial till it is melted, then turned back and forth till the solder is spread evenly around the lid. The disk is then to be withdrawn, with the rod D still pressed upon the lid, till the solder or sealing niaterial sets or hardcns, when the yoperation is icomp eted. What claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

Tlie disk A, with the recess B in the under side, as set forth, in combination with the nlovahlc rod or wire D, to hold the lid while resealing or closing.

ABEL BARKER.

Witnesses :i

BENJN. H. THRooP, EDWARD J. DIMMICK.

OFFICE. 

